My plant obsession

Six on Saturday 11-08-2018

We are on our way back from holidays in Slovenia today. We have had a lovely family vacation, joined at various times by cohorts of extended family, so we were mob-handed for much of the time. Eleven kids aged 10 to 18 made for a noisy but fun-packed 2 weeks.

Six on Saturday, six things, in the garden, on a Saturday. Could be anything – a flower, a seedhead, a harvest, a pest, a failure, a success, anything at all. Join in!

So my Six this week then are a postcard from Slovenia…

Those are my Six Nine, what are yours? If you are feeling strangely drawn to participating, don’t be afraid, all the best people are. Simply pop a link to your blog post, tweet thread, Facebook post, Instagram, whatever, in the comments below. Bob’s your uncle, Fanny she is your Aunt. For more details you can read the brief participant guide.

Have a fab weekend, hope you get some rain/sun/warmth/shade (delete as applicable), and don’t forget to check in later as more links get added.

I can report very heavy rain on M40 on Friday and torrential rain in N20 in the afternoon! Main water butts full again.:) Grass needs mowing and for the moment order has been restored! Sounds like a great holiday was had by all and hopefully your garden will look fab too!

Wow, definitely postcard material there. Such beautiful landscape. Am so taken by the serenity of it. Love that bridge. And the timber shots at the end . . .pretty wild. Is that an industry or something you stumbled across on a morning run? Anyway, my garden is soooooo opposite those shots, I’ve resorted to writing about my dog. https://lorahughes.blogspot.com/2018/08/one-dog-six-gardens.html

Yes forestry is a big deal in the area we stayed. Most private land comes with a chunk of forest so there is a stack of firewood, lots and other timber on every property. There is also large scale forestry. Stacks of wood everywhere.

Looks and sounds as though you had a wonderful time in Slovenia and well done for keeping SoS going while you were away. Slovenia looks like a gorgeous place. No six from me this week, but I’ll still have a look at all the others.

Sounds like a lovely holiday. Some beautiful photographs but for me, living offgrid and heating my home with wood, the log pile is the thing of greatest beauty. Beats even your talk of hot compost in a previous post. Oh to have such a stack in my garden! Now call me sad 😂

Such beautiful photos, they really should be printed as postcards. What a wonderful vacation you must have had. Still, it’s always nice to be going home, isn’t it? Thanks so much for posting your photos while away. That’s not always easy to do!

Here is my six. Good thing you have offered this meme, as it seems to be my only (blogging/gardening/photography) inspiration lately. I think the rain has got me down. myownlittleallotment.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/six-on-saturday-august-11-2018/

The Propagator

I’ve been raising plants from seed for a good few years with some reasonable results. I’ve also dabbled a bit with cuttings with very patchy results. I became a little obsessed with the topic of propagation in 2016 and resolved to improve my success rate and to share what I discovered.
This blog is my assorted ramblings, progress, disasters, setbacks, results and some tips along the way. The focus was initially propagation, which still features heavily but has expanded to cover the veg plot and the general state of the garden. The blog is mostly for my benefit, to keep track of what I've done, and hopefully is also of some interest to other planty obsessives. I post fairly frequently so click below to follow or sign up to receive updates by email. Comments welcome, I will respond to all.